Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ...
by chewz on Thursday May 16, 2019 @04:37AM
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> East Asia is vassal to the US at the moment...
Even if it were true I am not sure if people of Singapore, Korea, Japan, Thailand or Taiwan would like to swap places with people of Xinjang or Tibet..
Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ...
by codedokode on Thursday May 16, 2019 @06:56AM
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They don't want to change places with people of Iraq or Syria either.
Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ...
by dis-sys on Thursday May 16, 2019 @04:55AM
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> Singapore, which is quite "China-friendly" is saying exactly that.
No, that is a fundamental misjudge. Singapore can be safely regarded as one of major anti China forces in the region. If you just look back several years, Singapore actually managed to got itself in the anti China side on almost every single recent major events.
Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ...
by NotPaidToPost on Thursday May 16, 2019 @06:03AM
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Singapore is certainly not anti-China, and this speech shows it.
I think countries like Singapore, Korea, etc do not want the US, Korea, to leave. They are between a rock and a hard place and want to balance the US and China in order not to become too dependent on one and to benefit from both.
Singapore, which is quite "China-friendly" is saying exactly that.
What I find interesting is that the West in general, and obviously the US in particular, indeed cannot seem to imagine or accept that their complete dominance of the world is coming to an end. This is a rude awakening.
Singapore, which has an history of promoting "Asian values" and is a former British colony with 70%+ ethnic Chinese is very well place to tell us things as they are.